STONES WITHIN THE DENTAL PULP: CLINICAL CORRELATIONS

Nitish Bhat; Rubeena Anjum; Nandini Bhardwaj; Kalpna Thakur; Hemwati Nandan

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2020

STONES WITHIN THE DENTAL PULP: CLINICAL CORRELATIONS

Nitish Bhat, Rubeena Anjum, Nandini Bhardwaj, Kalpna Thakur, Hemwati Nandan

Abstract :

Pulp stones are radiopaque structures & calcified masses in pulp chamber. They can be freely embedded in the pulp chamber, can be attached to the dentine or can embedded. Pulp stones are generally associated with systemic and genetic disorders including dentinogenesis imperfecta, Vander Woude Syndrome They can posses hindrance during orthodontic, endodontic & aesthetic restorations by occluding the pulp space. The size of the pulp stones vary from Minute particles to large masses & can be 1–12 in number in a single pulp. Pulp stones possess clinical difficulty during root canal treatment & in various other clinical procedures